Music

Music was one of the biggest influences of the 1960’s! here are some top hits from 1960's







Here are some music videos that were Huge hits in the 1960's








This is the Beatles, Lucy in the sky with diamonds off their yellow submarine album.






Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline High Quality to Live Audience in His early Years









This is The Twist by Chubby Checker, you still here this song playing today!

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Music in the 1960'sThis is a great website to learn about music influences in the 1960's

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Lesson plans using music from the 1960's

Keep on pushing

Objectives

Students will be able to:

1. understand the emotional impact of popular music associated with the civil rights movement;
2. identify connections between particular songs and historical events, attitudes and/or figures;
3. recognize multiple points of view toward the issue of race relations in America both historically and in contemporary society;
4. evaluate selected songs as effective tools for social protest and as an historical documents
5. describe the role music played in the civil rights movement of the 1960s;

The Vietnam War: a popular music approach

Objectives

The student will be able to:

1. Develop an understanding of the controversial nature of the Vietnam War.
2. Identify various points of view about the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
3. Discover several social themes present in much of the popular music of the period.
4. Recognize propaganda devices at work in specific song lyrics of the period.

Using Rock music as a primary source

Objectives

The student will be able to:

1. Recognize the point of view of the speaker;
2. Identify the audience for whom the song was written;
3. Explain the historical context of details of the song;
4. Analyze what this primary source reveals about the era in which it was written.

Get Up and Stand Up!

Objectives

Students will:

1. Gain an understanding of the diversity of black music forms by being exposed to songs by blacks in three different countries during three different time periods: Jamaican roots reggae of the 70s, American freedom music of the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s, Nigerian pop music style of the 90s.
2. Identify common themes in music from different time periods and different countries. Recognize the pervasiveness of the common issues presented in the music.
3. Examine how artists use music to directly communicate messages about the times to their listeners.
4. Analyze and reanalyze themes by journal writing and follow-up discussion.

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame
There are a lot more great lesson plans on this web page dealing with the 1960's and music

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